Husband and I had dinner with a few other couples Saturday night. Somehow it came up that, if I added up all the footwear I own — slippers, hiking boots, specialty dancing shoes, the works — it adds up to about 100 pair. At which point, a girlfriend of mine turned to her spouse and said “you are so lucky to be married to me.” She only has 30 pairs. He agreed to his luck.
This is an important anecdote because something else happened this morning, to which I needed to fess up yet another number to Husband.
This morning my $200 hair dryer blew up.
Well, not exactly blew up, but stopped working after making sputtering and hissing noises. And, I had just gotten started in the drying department. (My “extra” hair dryer – the one Husband believed I didn’t need – saved the day and finally earned the room it took up over the last two years.)
I have written before that women should be sure to take inventory of their man’s skills before saying “I Do.” This becomes imperative in the LBB world. We have lots of uses for skills. Thankfully, today Husband’s electronic skills (he has his electronic engineering degree from Georgia Tech) came in handy.
(Right now, I am acutely aware that the women are still with me at this point. But, the men? They are still stuck on the number after the dollar sign above. Right now all the men reading this are thanking the universe that they are not married to me. $200 for a blow dryer?
Yes. It’s a good one. A T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer.)
Husband believes he can resurrect the T3, now that he knows its price tag.
When I came home after work tonight, spewed across our kitchen table, was a soldering iron and a plethora of electronic bits and pieces surrounding my hair dryer corpse, now laid open like an autopsy was being performed. Do you have idea what the inside of a blow dryer looks like? It’s like a cyborg.
But, more importantly, I also realize how this is a rare occasion. Where a man and a woman were agreeing upon something without negotiation, conciliation, or the Imago Relationship Couples Dialogue. Bottom line, a $200 hair dryer deserves saving. Ah, the little things.
P.S. I notice that Amazon.com is having a T3 sale. It’s down to $109. Husband does not believe this price reduction is enough to abort the resurrection, however, and for once I agree that shopping may not be the answer.
I don’t know why I can’t relate, but maybe it’s because sometimes I let the car heater dry my hair?
I agree that taking inventory of your partner’s skills is a very worthy task. @Adela…let’s celebrate your hubby’s most excellent gardening abilities…I’ve seen the photos. @Suzanne…here’s to men with long and diverse inventory lists…about as long as ours!
T3 sounds a bit like a BMW series. So there you have it. You not only drive one. You dry your hair with it, too!
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Ha…I got the Imelda nickname, too. I’ve probably got 50 pairs here in C’ville and another 20-30 up in Rochester at my parents’ house, still…and I still never seem to own exactly the pair I need to match an outfit! I’m debating the merits of a $150 straightener at the moment (on sale for $80!).
Quick- make that sale! I figure if it’s going to be with you for years and you use it almost every day, it’s worth a high price. (Husband is not so convinced.)
Suzanne, YOU are the lucky one, to be married to someone who can FIX those things! My Hubster is not quite so handy that way.
And you can tell your Hubster that he is lucky compared to my Hubster. In addition to also owning that very same tourmaline hair dryer, I have way more than 100 pairs of shoes. Probably at least 40 pairs are dance shoes. Growing up, one of my mother’s nicknames for me was Imelda …
Did you know they make travel size tourmaline hair dryers too?!!
You are my soul sister! I have resisted getting the travel dryer, but just may give in after this debacle. Being without a tourmaline is hard. And, as for skills, your hubster has other skills – like dancing! Oh, how, I wish mine did…:-)